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By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin, Reuters London's Old Bailey court. Photo: Supplied / Google Maps A team of Bulgarians carried out surveillance on a US military base in Germany where Ukrainian forces were being trained, one of six operations they undertook as part of a spying conspiracy for Russia, prosecutors have told a London court. Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, are accused of being part of a highly sophisticated spying network, run by a Russian agent named as Jan Marsalek, an Austrian national, which gathered surveillance of individuals and locations in Britain and abroad. Prosecutor Alison Morgan said the trio had put many lives at risk. The three defendants deny the allegations. Morgan told jurors at the start of the trial at London's Old Bai...

A line of about 20 protesters sat in the street under a steady rain as the smiling Ronald McDonald floated overhead. Photo: AFP / DAVID DEE DELGADO New York police have arrested a group of pro-Palestinian protesters who briefly interrupted the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade by attempting to block the parade route just ahead of the Ronald McDonald float. The 98th annual parade, televised nationwide, is part of the tradition of America's Thanksgiving holiday, a spectacle of giant balloons of cartoon characters, marching bands and popular music acts performing live. Thousands line the streets of Manhattan to watch. "The demonstrators were taken into custody without incident," the New York Police Department said in a statement. The number of detainees was unknown and charges were pending, t...